Frozen Canals
Posted: January 11th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: photography | Tags: amsterdam, canals, froze, frozen, historic, ice skate, ice skating, winter | 4 Comments »Was this photograph taken decades ago in a pre-global warming era where people in Amsterdam could glide around the canals all winter long? Actually it was taken two days ago on Keizersgracht by William Bosveld. Amsterdam’s canals have frozen over for the first time in over a decade! Boats are banned from the frozen areas so people can enjoy the natural ice skating rinks. How nice!
Here is another beautiful photograph taken today by Jon K.
The BBC also has video coverage of this story.
